Chrysanthemum named ‘Zanmufive’

ABSTRACT

A  chrysanthemum  plant named ‘Zanmufive’ characterized by its medium sized blooms with red ray florets and prolific branching; natural season flower date September 4-8; blooming for a period of 5 weeks.

Botanical designation: Chrysanthemum morifolium L.

Cultivar denomination: ‘ZANMUFIVE’.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

‘Zanmufive’ is a product of a breeding and selection program for outdoor pot mums (garden mums) which had the objective of creating new chrysanthemum cultivars with a decorative type flower, a natural season flower date around September 4-8; blooming for a period of 5 weeks. The new plant of the present invention comprises a new and distinct cultivar of chrysanthemum plant ‘Zanmufive’ is a seedling resulting from a crossing program, set up by a previous breeder, and which records are unknown to the inventor. The new and distinct cultivar was discovered and selected as a flowering plant by Wilhelmus Bernardus Blom on a cultivated field in Rijsenhout, The Netherlands in 2005. The first act of asexual production of ‘Zanmufive’ was accomplished when vegetative cuttings were taken from the initial selection in 2005 and propagated further in a controlled environment in Rijsenhout, The Netherlands. The new cultivar has been found to retain its distinctive characteristics through successive propagations.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS

The present invention of a new and distinct variety of chrysanthemum is shown in the accompanying drawings, the color being as nearly true as possible with color photographs of this type. Pictures were taken of 16 week old plants.

FIG. 1 shows a plant of the cultivar in fill bloom

FIG. 2 shows the various stages of bloom of the new cultivar.

FIG. 3 shows the various stages of foliage of the new cultivar.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

This new variety of chrysanthemum is of the botanical classification Chrysanthemum morifolium L. The observations and measurements were gathered from plants grown out door in Rijsenhout, The Netherlands under natural day length and temperature and planted in week 24 in 2006. The natural blooming date of this crop was September 4-8 (week 36). The average height of the plants was 28 cm. No growth retardants were used. No tests were done on disease or insect resistance or susceptibility. No tests were done on cold or drought tolerance. This new variety produces medium sized blooms with red ray florets blooming for a period of 5 weeks.

From the cultivars known to inventor the most similar existing cultivar in comparison to ‘Zanmufive’ are ‘Plutores’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 12,919) and ‘Manakin’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 11,521) When ‘Plutores’, ‘Manakin’ and ‘Zanmufive’ are being compared the following differences are noticed: The differences of ‘Plutores’, ‘Manakin’ and ‘Zanmufive’ are (1) Flower type, (2) Flower size and (3) Natural season flowering time (1) The flower type of ‘Manakin’ is single, while that of ‘Plutores’ and ‘Zanmufive’ is double (2) The flowers of ‘Manakin’ and ‘Zanmufive’ are smaller than those of ‘Plutores’ (3) The plants of ‘Plutores’, ‘Zanmufive’ and ‘Manakin’ flower at different times, resp. in late August, early and mid-September.

The following is a description of the plant and characteristics that distinguish ‘Zanmufive’ as a new and distinct variety.

The color designations are taken from the plant itself. Accordingly, any discrepancies between the color designations and the colors depicted in the photographs are due to photographic tolerances. The color chart used in this description is: The Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart, edition 2001.

TABLE 1 Botanical Description of chrysanthemum plant ‘Zanmufive’ Bud Size Small; cross-section 0.5 cm, height 0.4 cm Shape Spherical Texture Pubescent Outside Colour Greyed green 192A Phyllaries Number 15, arranged in 3 rows Shape Elliptic Apex Acute Base Truncate Margin Entire Colour Green 138A Length and width 7 mm and 3 mm Texture Pubescent Presence among disc-florets Not present Bloom Type Double Height 1-1.3 cm Size 4.5 cm Peduncle length 7 cm Peduncle color Greyed purple N 186C Peduncle diameter 1 mm Peduncle surface Ribbed Number of blooms per Approx. 5 blooms branch Performance on the plant 5 weeks Seeds Produced in small quantities, ovate grey- brown 199A, 1½ mm in length. Fragrance Faint chrysanthemum odor Color Center of the flower Immature stage: Red-purple 59A Mature stage: Red-purple 59A Color of upper surface of the Red 46A ray-florets Color of the lower surface Greyed red 181A of the ray-florets Tonality from Distance A garden mum with red flowers Color of the ray-florets after Greyed purple 185B aging of the plant Ray florets Texture Upper surface: Satiny Lower surface: Smooth Number 130-140 Shape Oblong Apex Rounded Base Attenuate Cross-section Flat Longitudinal axis of Straight majority Length of corolla tube 0.3-0.4 cm Ray-floret margin Entire Ray-floret length 1.8-2 cm Ray-floret width 0.4-0.5 cm Ratio length/width Medium Shape of tip Rounded Disc florets Absent Receptacle Shape Conical raised Height 2.5 mm Diameter 2 mm Reproductive Organs Androecium Absent in ray florets Pollen None Gynoecium Present in ray florets Styles Thin Style color Yellow 13A Style Length 0.3 cm Stigma color Yellow-green 144A Stigma Width 1 mm Ovary Enclosed in calyx Plant Form Grown as a spray type potmum, outdoor mounded and round Growth habit Spherical shape Growth rate Medium to high Height 25-28 cm Width 44-45 cm Stem Color Greyed-brown 199C Stem Strength Strong Stem Brittleness Not brittle Stem Anthocyanin Coloration Greyed purple N186C Internode length 1-2 cm Length of lateral branch From top to bottom 20 cm Lateral branch color Greyed Green 195A with streaks of Greyed purple N 186C Lateral branch, attachment Strong Branching (average number Prolific with 9-10 breaks after pinching of lateral branches) Natural season blooming date September 4-8 Foliage Leaf color Upper side Green 138A Lower side Green N138B Color midvein Upper side Yellow green 147D Lower side Yellow green 148D Size Small.; length 3.5-4.5 cm, width 2.5- 3.5 cm Quantity (number per lateral 15-16 branch) Shape Widely elliptic Texture upper side Glabrous Texture lower side Pubescent Venation arrangement Palmate Shape of the margin Serrated Shape of Base of Sinus Rounded Between Lateral Lobes Margin of Sinus Between Diverging Lateral Lobes Shape of Base Obtuse Apex Mucronulate Petiole length 0.5-1 cm Petiole diameter 1.5-2 mm Petiole texture Pubescent Petiole color Yellow-Green 147D

TABLE 2 Differences with the comparison varieties ‘Zanmufive’ ‘Plutores’ ‘Manakin’ Flower type double double single Flower size 4.5 cm 5-5.5 cm 3.8 cm Natural season Early September Late August Mid September flowering date 

1. A new and distinct variety of chrysanthemum plant as described and illustrated. 